CPS All-City Visual Arts Exhibitions

2023 Senior Portfolio Exhibition

The works in this gallery were all created by Chicago Public Schools students. They celebrate art, design, growth, and learning. Join us in exploring the work of some of Chicago’s best young artists and designers! Want more? Browse Honorable Mention projects or Scholarships.

Many black and white ink drawings of various subjects overlay each other.

Mayrav Bader: Inktober 2022
dragon

Angel Boratynska: Ice Dragon
ink drawing of Mickey and Daffy with castle in the background

Jonathan Montes: Dystopia
Scene from Venice embroidered on blue fabric. Orange and red buildings line a blue canal on either side with a boat in the center.

Mayrav Bader: Trip in Venice
Image of male sitting in the middle of a field in a chair, topless, and with face blurred

Irobun Igiehon: ANGST (Igiehon_Irobun)
car animation

David Wilson: Splash of Color
decay cake

Chloë Davidson: Gutz and Glitter
Photograph of what appears to be two men in masks. One holds the other across the shoulder and white flowers pass over both of them.

Nicholas Lalowski: Satori’s Dullness

Gabriela Rojas: October Bandaids
couch

Camille Buren: My Grandmother’s Couch
A person wearing a white dress with the Chicago skyline in the back.

Yousra Sadiq: Champagne Velvet Dress
Painting of a woman with blonde hair, a white shirt and a pink dress staring to her right. A brown background is behind her.

Maude Preston: Self
still life of gum, cologne, and other objects

Jaime Serrano: My essentials as a High School Student
fiber art image of buildings in Chinatown, Chicago.

Izumi Phuah: Chinatown

Audrey Hancock: Am I ‘other?’
drawing of polar bear with plastic covering face

Kibito Ariyoshi: Suffocated
Yellow Champion hoodie with a floral arm

Juan Gasca: YELLOW CHAMPION HOODIE
woman sculpture

Alyssa Perez: Untitled
This is a sculpture of a tree with cicada shells.

Sofia Comas: Shells of the Self
Self portrait with hand over face, a lightbulb above head, and text framing the drawing

Ibrahim Rsuh: Self Portrait (Copy of IB#2)
CTA

Andre Mendoza: Pigeon Vogue
collage of trees in multiple blocks of color

Jodie Ijemen: Untitled
Photo of a person leaning against a patterned wall.

Taylor Lofton: Endless Vision
Illustration of a goth girl.

Jesse Gomez: Goth+Street
Styrofoam skull

Anonymous: #Social
Photo of wooden fence with hanging flowers.

Sydney Curran: Sukkah
A stick with a butterfly on it.

Stefanie De La Cruz Aldana: Metamorfosis
Collage piece of a puzzle heart against a black background.

Zahria Moore: Puzzle Piece
Abstract painting. Black lines border sections of white, yellow, blue, and other colors.

Lisette Medina Mora: Bessie Klaus
Photograph of red dyed water flowing into the drain of a bathtub from a small part of a head of red hair shown.

Rebekka Suciu: True Red
Photo of basketball hood from a lower perspective with shoes hanging off of the rim and a blue sky in the background.

Shawn Bridges: Above The Rim
Red and pink dancers are painted at various angles on a blue canvas with green dancers in the background.

Madison Rozwat: Dancing
blue ceramic tile piece of a dragon

Jace Eisenberg: Dragon Sgraffito
digital image of dinosaurs hunting smaller dinosaurs

Isabella Hernandez: Dromaeosaurs Hunting Edmontosaurus
Drawing of a person and a skeleton morphed into one.

Leila Ortiz: What Remains
Photography of a dragonfly under dramatic lighting.

Anonymous: DRAGONFLY
Illustration of a small person wearing a backpack

Ava Ortiz: Other
Art piece with a silhouette of a person and mask with text.

Anonymous: Mask of Life

Amari Gholston: Random Fashion Inquiry
Yellow illustrated text that says "Lemon Boy"

Analise Briseno: Lemon Boy
Drawing with person at center. Above them are many swirls and the word sweets. Various flags with symbols are on their right and left and the word autism and asberger are on their right.

Nelly Dominguez: Self Portrait
Sculpture. Water bottle on canvas painted over like ocean waves.

Lennie Knapp: Taking In
Miniature sculpture with a bed and desk made with earth tones and a variety of texture.

Serenity Torres: clueless.
landscapes

Emma Lane: Coconut Worlds
hand sewn denim jeans

Juan Gasca: Jeans
Black and white drawing of forest with many bare trees.

Samuel Vite: Headless Horseman
digital image of the side profile of a person with green stars on shirt

John Eichten: Stars Aglow
Drawing of a human figure atop of a collage of smaller sketches

Giselle Raigosa: King’s Domain
Sculpture of a cityscape made out of the pages of a book

Hope Nolan: Paper Cityscape

Kate Barbosa: out of this world koala
A woman crying blood

Aaliyah Borges: Saint’s Wrath
illustration of multiple figures and objects including a rose, juice carton, person, etc.

Jose Guzman Ortigoza: Untitled
blue painting of a teapot

Jaclyn Manning: Teapot Blue
Art piece of American flag with a bird.

Sebastian Sorrondeguy: God Shed His Grace on Thee
man baby

Annie Kate Alberto: Nature’s dance
Digital Art. A background of blue with pink eyes is interrupted by an ambigous orange and purple figure. On the figures upper chest, the words "No One is Safe" are listed.

Ronghe Chen: Eyes on the Influencer
portrait of girl crying with birthday hat and sign

Kayla Aguilar: It’s my Birthday and I’ll Cry if I want to.
Oil pasted drawing of a large blue bird sitting in the middle of a clearing with black trees on either side. The sky behind the bird is blue and pink.

Monique Reed: Blue Bird
Photograph of woman with webbed hands and acrylic nails covering her face.

Anonymous: Hidden
series of 3 photos of a person with red lighting

Jamal Camell: Red
butterflies

Diana Cervantes: American Dream
Pointillism drawing. A face stares. In her eyes, you can see the outline of another woman.

Anonymous: In Her Eyes
Made of paper construction. A monarch butterfly is carried by a purple and white hot air balloon over a pink and white background page.

Nicole Kucharska: Visitor
rocks

Cindy Chen: Rocks in Stream
photo of a prism with a purple light

Kate Barbosa: spotlight
Black and white photograph of a subject's neck, including multiple chain necklaces and a t-shirt.

Makiyah Holloway-Dudley: Friend
Different fonts spell out lyrics from Selena's song "Como La Flor" on a purple background with hearts and roses surrounding.

Samarah Booker: Como La Flor
Photo of clouds from high angle.

Anonymous: Untitled
Photo of an interior room with a multicolored light on the wall.

Tristen Molina: Lights in the Night
Collage of sketches, texts, and other various materials

Heaven Carter: Mental Destruction
book stuff

Gabriela Vargas: Desk
prayer hands

Alexa Carrasco: La Virgen de Guadalupe
Illustration of a hand flipping a red coin on a purple/grey background

Anonymous: coinflip

Alex Chitnis: Am I Going Crazy?
lino cut of a female with a halo of symbols around head and body wrapped in ribbon and some bones exposed

Jo Olson: Help Yourself
A self portrait if a person with smiley faces around them.

Zitlaly Zuniga Mena: Self Portrait
sunset boat

Christian Rodriguez: Beach in the AM
clay sculpture of a slug with a human face

Anonymous: Sluggish
abstract painting

Emaneyah Walker: Missing Pieces
Painting with multiple kitchen appliances on a counter against a patterned wall.

Vanessa Villegas: Baudelia’s Kitchen
Drawing of landscape with trees and mountains.

Samuel Vite: I Want Wind To Blow
Black and White drawing. A hand holds a fragmented mirror. Each fragmented shows a different section or perspective of the same face.

Noah Demus: Binocular
Black and green drawing of a young person

Sofia Aguilar: Study of Demsteader
portrait of person with eye patch and cowboy hat

Kibito Ariyoshi: Trauma
anime character

Bryce Wilson: Hidden beauty
floating person

Analise Briseno: Untitled
Print of many different colors of flowers overlaying each other in ink all over the page.

Son Nguyen: Sea of Flowers II
Black and white photograph of a man crossing the street. He walks under train tracks with cars waiting to cross the road next to him.

Lisa Patel: City Seeker
hand glasses

Connor Weber: Living Book
green ink print of chains

Joseph Morco: Flow Through the Chain
Art piece with black red and white detailing.

Willem Wauters: Soporatus
lady laying on sink

Daniela Acevedo-Canales: Sinking

Anonymous: Lavender Willow
Drawing of a person on a playground with a Rubik's cube head

Samara Torres Contreras: Octavo
Photograph of a sidewalk colored with chalk with chalk pieces on top of differently colored rows.

Anonymous: Walking Chalk
Drawing using blue pencil. In the upper right hand corner, a male figure kisses the cheek of a female figure. Laid over those figures, a shirtless male figure holds a female figure in a bikini whose head is tilted back.

Mariana Medina: Despair
A blue yarn sculpture work with a ruffled texture.

Yousra Sadiq: The Rainforests of the Seas
digital photo of the inside of a vehicle wires exposed

Kiana Rodriguez: Broken
galaxy eye

Brooke Hayes: It Takes A Village
blurred picture of woman

Amna Trebovic: String of Struggle
clock

Anonymous: Top of locker
illustration of 4 creatures in the woods sitting on a tree branch

Kay Kmiec: The Creature in The Shadows

Nadia Walker: Dream Perspective
galaxy

Corey Bridges: Falling Into Eternity
Drawing of letters randomly placed around page in various colors

India Deadwiler: Just Imagine
A flag with black and blue that depicts barbed wire and a butterfly/

Zumari Velazquez: Flying Across Boarders
coin necklace

Angélica Albárran Romo: Ripening
repurposed 3D doll with added sculptural elements

Jeanette Atkins: Madam Pearl
A black dress on a dress figure.

Jack Kenney: DRESS

Raven Rios: Golden Grass
Geometric piece of art with a variety of colors.

Yesniea Garcia: Depth
Illustration of a person sitting inside of a green bonsai tree

Jeanette Atkins: Bonsai

Anonymous: color
up close disco

Anonymous: Headless Musketeers
Image of two girls smiling beside one another with lots of purple light

Lillianne Fratt: Girls Night Out
abstract art

Anonymous: Elephant

Jillian Berry-Clyde: Hidden Truth
Person sitting in a cozy room writing at a desk

Lillianne Fratt: Untitled
Painting of a skyline with mountains, water, and a small city.

Teresa Tikoo: Hardiwar
Hip Hop duo "Insane Clown Posse" is drawn in ink pen on a Dunkin Donuts bag.

Anonymous: ICP in Pen
mermaid in shell

Amelia Baurer: Conch and her Cave
Photograph. A cream colored jellyfish suspended in a black background.

Matthew Dorantes: Jellyfish
Drawing of soul food flowing through the African Baobab tree. A colorful blue, pink, and green background is behind.

Noah Demus: Universoul
sculpture of a structure with ladders and platforms made from pages of text

Anonymous: Visions of Zenobia
self portrait painting in multiple colors

Janiyah Jones: Yaya

Alayna Avila: Loading Screen
repurposed 3D doll with added sculptural elements

Jeanette Atkins : Lait Sucre (Doll Custom)
girl scream

Camille Buren: Dog Will Hunt
Vibrant painting with human figures and fire and city background.

Sarai Mata: Can’t Go Back
Picture of a black metal heart shaped choker.

Jack Kenney: CHOKER
Painting of woman wearing all white lying on red couch. She eats raw meat off of a skewer.

Melanie Reyes: Raw Craving
landscape of huts from a place in Pakistan framed with a blue and orange decorative border

Kashmala Khalid: A Glimpse of Sindh
Person laying flat on a bed looking up

Lillianne Fratt: Just Friends
Collage with a variety of colors and textures including a face.

Sofia Staudenmaier: Untitled
portrait of woman

Anahi Alcala: Mxmtoon
2 people blowing out candle

Alfonso Blas Simon: Happiness in the dark
painting of a side profile of two faces with image in the middle of the faces and a green hand

Katarzyna Lucja Jasiak: Trapped in Rhythm
still life of plant

Caroline Mpinganjira: Family Members
woman in front of mirror

Auttum Thomas: Stalker
queen of hearts slay

Ava Ortiz: OTHER
digital image of a person with finger to lips

Joseph Young: Sheep
Photo of man on horse spinning a lasso

Isabella Walker: Lasso
White sculpture of a white dragon's neck and face.

Niamh Hughes: Oilliphéist
women in front of green eyes

Elizabeth Lenczowski: Brown Eyes, Green Eyes
Small figures, in groups of identical fours, are sculpted out of card stock. They are modeled after well known Disney princesses turned into feminists.

Nicole Vasilkovski: Not Your Royalty
Drawing of a girl looking up at the stars.

Lauren Brogan: Girl and the Stars
purple man

Erick Gutierrez: Sad & Alone
still life of American flag, hands, and other objects

Jessica Milagros Salinas Rodriguez: El Sueño Americano
Graphic design image of two people with afro hairstyle

Grace Hutcherson: Through The Fro
Colored pencil drawing. Still life of bananas, avocado, and apples on a brownish red surface with a red background.

Hong Nguyen: Untitled
A strawberry

Alaina Martin: Strawberry
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